Ruth Etting

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THRIFT as a VIRTUE

The record collectors used to call it “junking,” but it’s more elevated (cleaner, brighter lighting, safer environs) these days. Goodwill and the Salvation Army are usually well-sto… more →

JAZZ LIVES

Doris Day homenajea a Ruth Etting en Love Me or Leave Me

antongarciafdez wrote 1 week ago: Para las dos primeras entradas de este espacio dedicado al jazz clásico y a los crooners, recupero d … more →

Tags: doris day, Alfred Hitchcock, Love Me or Leave Me, James Cagney, Percy Faith, 1950s, películas

A Return to Classic Film and a Surprise Award — 6 comments

annhall wrote 1 month ago: My good friend Derek and I enjoy similar taste in classic films and he has recommended many titles t … more →

Tags: film, Classic, doris day, sunshine award, James Cagney, Love Me or Leave Me

Eddie Lang - The Father of Jazz Guitar — 2 comments

BG wrote 3 months ago: Throughout musical history, most professional artists have had numerous opportunities to work with s … more →

Tags: jazz, mp3, Seniors, Music, Nostalgia, Boomers, Retirement, Video, music history

Doris Day Introduced Ruth Etting To New Generation

BG wrote 3 months ago: When I was a kid I’d sometimes get a little puzzled while watching a movie that was supposed t … more →

Tags: Easy Listening, mp3, Seniors, Music, Nostalgia, Boomers, Retirement, Video, music history

travsd wrote 6 months ago: Today is the birthday of Ruth Etting, “The Sweetheart of Song”. My bio of her (here) is … more →

Tags: Vaudeville etc., broadway, hollywood-history, radio, Singers, Sweetheart of Song

Decades of Music — 4 comments

Life & Other Drugs wrote 7 months ago: Not only do I have eclectic tastes in home decor, I also have very eclectic tastes in music. I enjoy … more →

Tags: Music, 20's music, 30's Music, 40's Music, 50's music, Fats Waller, Hank Williams, jazz, Josephine Baker

Try a Little Tenderness

Susan von Struensee wrote 8 months ago: “Try a Little Tenderness“ is a love song written by Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly andHarr … more →

Tags: Tenderness, Otis Redding, Try A Little Tenderness, Percy Sledge, Harry M. Woods, Frankie Laine, Andrew Strong, Michael Bublé, Three Dog Night

THRIFT as a VIRTUE — 5 comments

jazzlives wrote 10 months ago: The record collectors used to call it “junking,” but it’s more elevated (cleaner, … more →

Tags: Thanks-A-Million, Ideal Places, It's A Mystery, Jazz Titans, the real thing, The Things We Love, Art Hodes, Billy Franklin, Burt Bales

JAMES, CHARLES, SALVATORE: FROM THE McCONVILLE ARCHIVES (Part Nine) — 7 comments

jazzlives wrote 1 year ago: “Say that my glory was I had such friends,” writes W.B. Yeats. If we’d never hear … more →

Tags: The Heroes Among Us, Jazz Titans, The Things We Love, the real thing, Swing You Cats!, Awful Sad, Thanks-A-Million, Pay attention, Irreplaceable

I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I've always been a freak. So I've been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I'm one of those people.

thismoustachekillsfascists wrote 1 year ago: I’ve always had an interest in those deemed FREAKS by society, and at a time when interest in … more →

Tags: Photography, film, Water for Elephants, Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, circus, sideshow acts, freaks, Film Review

The Greatest Show on Earth?

thismoustachekillsfascists wrote 1 year ago: Water for Elephants, based on a novel Sara Gruen wrote for National Novel Writing Month, directed b … more →

Tags: film, Water for Elephants, Robert Pattinson, circus, Sara Gruen, Christoph Waltz, NaNoWriMo, bessie smith, Jasper Taylor & his Stateside Boys